Methods and apparatus for controlling temperature of a multi-zone heater in a process chamber

摘要

Methods and apparatus for controlling the temperature of multi-zone heater in a process chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method is provided to control a multi-zone heater disposed in a substrate support, wherein the multi-zone heater has a first zone and a second zone. In some embodiments, the method may include measuring a current drawn by the first zone at a first time; measuring a voltage drawn by the first zone at the first time; calculating the resistance of the first zone based upon the measured current and voltage drawn by the first zone at the first time; determining a temperature of the first zone based upon a predetermined relationship between the resistance and the temperature of the first zone; and adjusting the temperature of the first zone in response to the temperature determination.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a multizone heater disposed in a substrate support; a power source providing a first power feed to a first zone of the multizone heater and providing a second power feed to a second zone of the multizone heater; a resistance measuring device coupled to the first power feed to simultaneously measure the current and voltage drawn by the first zone; and a controller coupled to the power source and the resistance measuring device to control the power source in response to data received from the resistance measuring device.